The Pride flag colours each hold a different meaning, and each colour represents an important value of the LGBTQIA+ community.
โค๏ธ The red in the flag represents life
This makes sense, especially when you think about how blood is red, and how blood is thought of as a vital life force of the body. Red also represents passion among many cultures. And, passion is ideally where life originates from.
๐งก Orange represents healing
As a colour, orange is a fun and celebratory colour. Fun and celebration are both healing activities.
๐ Yellow represents sunlight
The colour yellow functions as the flag’s radiant and bright centre. The colour yellow is said to stimulate new ideas and thoughts.
๐ Green represents nature
Nature is a healing place. And the colour green is associated with prosperity and growth.
๐ Indigo/blue represents serenity
Little is more important than the ability to feel calm and serene. Blue is considered a relaxing colour that soothes the soul. The colour blue is often used for nighttime consumer products to represent bedtime and calmness.
๐ Violet (or purple) represents spirit
Purple is a regal, royal colour that, on its own, denotes pride. Like blue, purple is considered a calming colour. However, rather than being associated only with calm, the colour purple connects us to the spiritual realm.
๐ค๐ค The colours black and brown were added to the Progress Pride Flag to represent people of colour (POC).
๐ฉท๐ค๐ฉต Pink for a girl and blue for a boy, with the colour white representing people who are transitioning, intersex, or identify outside of the gender binary.
๐๐ The colours yellow with a purple circle to represent the intersex flag because neither of these colours represent the traditional constructs of binary identities (male and female).
The circle in the intersex flag is also described as representing being unbroken and unornamented, symbolizing wholeness and completeness, and our potentialities.
It reminds us that intersex people are whole and that intersex people are perfect the way they choose to be, regardless of pseudoscientific claims or social norms.
Did you know the meaning behind the Pride flag colours?
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